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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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